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FinCEN Updates Alert on Israeli Extremists Funding Violence in the West Bank
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has updated an alert originally issued in February, cautioning...
Jul 16, 20242 min read


European Commission Warns X, Formerly Twitter, of Potential DSA Violations
The European Commission has notified X, formerly known as Twitter, that it may be the first company found in violation of the European...
Jul 16, 20242 min read


FATF Scrutinized Over Allegations of Facilitating Political Abuse
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has recently come under fire for claims that its anti-money laundering (AML) recommendations are...
Jul 16, 20242 min read


Nordea Faces $1 Billion Penalty in Landmark Danish AML Case
Nordea’s entanglement with Danish prosecutors could leave the Finnish bank with a $1 billion headache, it’s predicted. Prosecutors last...
Jul 15, 20242 min read


Morale Plummets at Firms Amid Redundancies and Efforts to Silence Departing Staff
It’s been a trying time for staff at firms with redundancies, affecting morale as layoffs mount amid an effort to silence dissent in the...
Jul 15, 20243 min read


Dutch FIU Criticizes Banks' Decision to Wind Down AML Coalition
The Dutch Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-Nederland) has expressed concerns over the decision by the country’s main banks to wind down...
Jul 15, 20242 min read


Paxful Co-Founder Faces Charges for AML Violations Under Bank Secrecy Act
Artur Schaback, the co-founder and former CTO of the crypto peer-to-peer network Paxful, is facing charges for violating the anti-money...
Jul 12, 20242 min read


Australian Real Estate Sector Fears AML Controls are "Taking a Sledgehammer to a Walnut"
Australian real estate agents have expressed concerns that the introduction of new anti-money laundering (AML) controls in their sector...
Jul 12, 20242 min read


Luxembourg Regulator Fines BGL BNP Paribas €3 Million for AML Violations
A subsidiary of BNP Paribas has been fined €3 million by Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du...
Jul 12, 20242 min read


Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Affirms Deadline for Beneficial Ownership Reporting
Janet Yellen, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, has confirmed that there are no plans to extend the deadline for...
Jul 12, 20242 min read


Ex-NBA Player Jontay Porter Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud; Faces Over 4 Years in Prison
Former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter turned himself in to federal authorities on Wednesday, July 10, and pled guilty to a...
Jul 11, 20242 min read


FCC Orders Sorenson Unit to Pay $34.6M Over Illegal Data Retention
Sorenson Communications has agreed to pay $34.6 million and implement a comprehensive compliance program to settle allegations from the...
Jul 11, 20241 min read


ANZ Chief Proposes Standardising AFC Processes to Boost Pacific Banking Viability
ANZ's chief Shayne Elliott has proposed that banks in the Pacific region could potentially standardise Anti-Financial Crime (AFC)...
Jul 10, 20242 min read


Dutch FIU Criticizes Premature Decision to Wind Down AML Coalition
The Dutch Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-Nederland) has criticized the decision by the country’s main banks to wind down their AML...
Jul 10, 20242 min read


Political Dispute Halts Germany’s AML Super Agency Plans
Germany’s initiative to establish a new AML super agency, the Federal Office for Combating Financial Crime (BBF), has encountered a...
Jul 10, 20242 min read


FATF Accuses U.S., China, and Australia of Enabling Financial Crime in Shocking Report
On Monday, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) stunned the anti-money laundering (AML) community by effectively accusing the United...
Jul 10, 20242 min read


TD Bank's Chief Compliance Officer Departs Amidst AML Program Probe
TD Bank’s Chief Compliance Officer, Monica Kowal, has left the bank, as revealed in an internal memo, while the Canadian lender faces...
Jul 9, 20241 min read


DBS Hong Kong Fined HK$10 Million for AML Violations by Hong Kong Regulator
The Hong Kong unit of DBS Group Holdings, Singapore’s largest lender, has been fined HK$10 million ($1.28 million) by Hong Kong’s banking...
Jul 9, 20241 min read


Revolut Achieves Record Profit, Seeks $40 Billion Valuation Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
Revolut, the British fintech giant, reported a landmark pretax profit of £438 million ($553.81 million) for the year 2023, marking a...
Jul 8, 20242 min read


Five Members of Alleged Chinese Criminal Network Arrested in Spain
Five members of an alleged Chinese criminal network, reportedly capable of smuggling over €1 million daily, have been arrested in Spain....
Jul 8, 20241 min read
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